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Warbirds

This past week I had the fortunate pleasure of being able to shoot some pictures (well, a lot of pictures, actually) of three key aircraft from the WWII era: the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, and the P-51 Mustang, in addition to some other aircraft present. All three are cared for by the Collings Foundation, and they tour them every year in order to raise money for the upkeep of these amazing aircraft. In the just under two hours I spent around them on Monday, I shot in the neighborhood of around 1100 pictures, completely filling a 16gb card, and starting on an 8gb card, and completely drained one of the camera batteries I had. But I was able to get some really nice shots of the warbirds, in addition to some photos of other aircraft that were in the area at the time...

------ “The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein

Thanks guys. There's nothing I get more pleasure from than being around this type of stuff and shooting pictures. Just heard on the news today about a commemoration done in Dayton, Ohio, where they were honoring the remaining living vets from the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. There was something around 20 B-25s in attendance, and I think I would have been in heaven shooting all of those aircraft...

------ “The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein